Ketchup- Mustard!

It goes with out saying that its been A LONG time since I have blogged. Not only am I completely lost with this new blogging layout thing, but I am so far behind that I don't even know where to begin. I would love to catch everything up but for your sakes, I wont make this a huge post. You're welcome. Heres a mini Ketchup post .. get it? Ok only I thought that was funny huh!

Work update.. I got a job working with Tim at Infusionsoft. It has been one of the most humbling experiences of my life. I work in the Finance department and basically I call people and ask for money. Now you may think " what a boring job" but man I have the BEST co-workers around. Its basically like working with family. We pick on each other, pull pranks, and we've even gotten some pretty epic story telling (inluding dance moves, actions, and even song) from some of the men.( cough cough Bret Crosby!) I also work with some of the most brilliant people I have ever met in my life. I feel like a guppy in a shark tank and very often I feel like I don't deserve to be sitting in front of them. Most of the time I have NO idea what they are saying but they are awesome enough to either explain it to me or just allow me to nod my head and smile to let me feel included. I've learned so much there already but what I thought I knew is squat. I'm ok with that because I realize there is always room for growth and they are sweet enough to help me get there! This is one of our outings that we got to have.. Our boss Sam took us to Golfland and we got to dink around and play arcade games for our Friday afternoon. Its ok if your a tad jealous. ;)

Tim plays flag football for the Infusionsoft team. Him and his little brother Matt are hilarious to watch run around. Matt runs so blasted fast that you can hardly see his legs and Tim is always right there with him to guard and protect him. I LOVE going to their games and cheering them on! This was a practice before the game.. I wasnt fast enough during the game to get anything but blurry boys on a green field.

Baby Update... This is the one I know everyone is anxious for.. We are in the last inning here! BOO YA! She has had a few complications and scares along the way but the doc is very surprised and pleased that she has made it this long. She tried coming a few times in the early weeks and we had to slow things down, now that she is allowed to come out, shes gotten a little too comfortable and stubborn. Being stubborn was one of my qualities I prayed she wouldn't inherit, sorry in advance to her future husband for that one! I have had some pretty mean contractions in my back this week and she is riding lower than ever. I hope this means things are moving along and we will have her here soon! This has been an incredible ride. Lots of tears and trials along the way but I could not be happier. I have loved being pregnant! The kicks and wiggles have made my heart so happy.. Although I love being pregnant, I am SOOO ready to hold her and have her here!! Hopefully my next post will have some pics of the baby! WOO HOO! 37 weeks big! This was last weeks pic.

Tim +Tri = Baby Love

Warning This post is super long and contains TMI! Read at your own risk!!

As a few of you may or may not know, Tim and I want nothing more than to be parents. We had had a few hard times last year with loosing 2 of our sweet babies. I genuinely questioned if I would be able to muster the courage to try again. Thankfully I have a persistent husband who is so supportive. With his love, and a little( or maybe a lot) of help from modern medicine. Tim and I are THRILLED to announce that we are going to be parents!! WOO HOO!!

I found out in October, 2 days before my 23rd birthday. When I told Tim I was pregnant he said
" Babe I love that you are so excited but I already knew"
Seriously man, that's the epic reaction I get!! I had to laugh a little because he actually really did know. He had been joking about it for about 3 weeks and a few days before we found out he kept saying..."Its cause you are pregnant" I wasn't sure if I loved him telling me that or if I was supposed to be upset at that remark.
We told our families within minutes of finding out but kept everything pretty quite until our doctor decided to "clear" us of the scary zone. Apparently for most people that is 12 weeks.. for us, 17 weeks! BOO! How could I wait that long to share the excitement! I failed! I did tell a few people.

At 18 weeks, my little heart broke. One night about 8ish, I felt like something was wrong.Next thing I knew, I was bleeding. My heart sank, I immediately started crying and yelled for Tim to come in. He called my mom (shes super woman she knows everything I swear) and held me as I cried on the bed. We then called our doctor( who is AMAZING) and headed to the hospital. I cried the whole way there. I was even slightly upset with Tim because he stayed totally cool and kept telling me that everything was alright and I knew I was about to disappoint him again. When we were all checked in they put us in a room and we waited and waited. Tim kept trying to make me laugh by singing random songs or saying funny movie quotes. I didn't know how to take him. After 4 and a half hours of being poked and violated, they gave me an ultrasound! I was so excited until they wheeled me away without Tim! WHAT THE!! I cant do this by myself why take me from my husband come on now people!! The tech asked me if I wanted to know the sex of the baby.. I told her no. ( Am I a nut case, who waits to find out the gender with the 1st baby) I blame the hormones, fear, and possibly the fact that it was 1 in the morning. They brought me back in with Tim where he just came and held my hand while we waited for our results from the ultrasound
( They would not even tell us if they could see a heartbeat until a radiologist came in to read the results to us..I was super not ok with this!) Tim was so sweet in making sure that I was comfortable and that I was the best I possibly could be.. We waited until 2am ish and Tim had had enough. He went and got a nurse for me and made her tell me if the baby was ok. All she could tell me was that there was a heartbeat. RELIEF!!! They released us shortly after that and we went home.

One week later we were scheduled for our gender ultrasound..the night before, I could hardly sleep. Excited was an understatement!!! We went to work and it felt like the longest day of my life. (Our appointment was at 3) My sweet little momma drove down from Snowflake to be there with us for the big unveiling. When we got in the room, I sorta worried about things because of the week before. The first thing our tech did was show me the heartbeat and I got tears in my eyes. Our Tech was fabulous. She showed us all the little parts and organs. She set my mind at ease by telling me that everything looked perfect. Suddenly in the middle of her sentence she says.. Oh its a girl. ( I was looking at Tim when she said it so I snapped my head to look at her and said " what did you just say?" She said " You're having a little girl!" Oh the tears in my eyes. I looked at Tim to see his reaction..
"I knew it." He just smiled at me so big! He was so excited. I couldn't help but smile. ( Tim had NEVER called the baby 'him" or even 'it'. ) This baby was ALWAYS a girl to Tim. He knew it!! He was so excited. He wanted a girl so bad and now I am happy to say that Tim and I are so excited that we will be the proud parents of a sweet baby GIRL!! It really is such a blessing and we love her so much already. I love every single second of being pregnant, and I am so grateful for every ache, pain, and sleepless night!!! We are so blessed to have the chance to be parents. And we are grateful for the trials that we have had in order to get to this point. It makes everything all the better!!

And because No post is complete with out a picture..This is THE ONLY one I have of my belly.. It kinda just looks like a chub but I promise there is a baby.. 15 weeks pregnant here.

Family Pics 2011..

Tim has always been so sweet to humor me and take pictures. We hadn't had "family" pictures taken since we were first married so for Christmas I finally got some update pictures for mi casa. We work with one of the sweetest photographers in all the land. She is sooo talented and patient. I will tell ya'll a secret, trying to get a normal picture out of Tim and I is nearly impossible. Mostly because we feel so awkward taking pictures and bust up laughing every 3 seconds and the poses we come up with are quite the failures. Krista and her hubby David were INCREDIBLE to work with and I could not be happier with the results. If you want her info, holler at me you won't be disappointed. Here are a few of the ones we love.











And here are a few of the candid shots that Krista snagged while Tim and I were goofing off. Love them!








This one is Tim's brilliant idea. hahah

Tim was being a vampire. You know you're jealous of this. haha



We had such a blast working with her! I can hardly wait to update our picture frames. SCORE...